Rat cake revolts man on his 96th birthday

New York grocery chain said it never had a rodent complaint before a 96-year-old Long Island man claimed he found a dead rat baked into his birthday cake.

King Kullen bakery said in a written statement this weekend that it had recalled everything from the shelves of its bakeries, which are located inside its grocery stores.

“Product has been removed from the bakery and the premises has undergone a thorough inspection,” the statement said. “There are no known safety or rodent issues in this bakery.”

But Neil Gold said there was at least one rodent issue. His aged uncle Joe allegedly got a rude surprise last week at his birthday celebration when he noted his German apple ring cake had a somewhat ratty taste to it.

“He said, ‘It doesn’t taste right,'” Gold told WABC-TV in New York. We flipped it (the cake) over and seemed to be a rat’s tail.”

Happy 96th birthday, Mr. Neil Gold. Life is like that, isn’t it? If I was the judge hearing your case, I’d say the King Kullen store, if found responsible after an investigation by the health department, owes you free groceries for life. Then you should really get ’em back by living to 116 like Jiroemon Kimura did! Best wishes.